Mardi Gras

Here’s a list of 2022 Mardi Gras parades, balls and events on the MS Coast

By Hannah Ruhoff

Christmas and New Year’s have passed, and it’s officially time to celebrate Mardi Gras season on the Mississippi Coast.

In 2021, the coronavirus pandemic forced cancellations of many of the Mardi Gras festivities, but parades are back for now and scheduled for the Coast and New Orleans.

South Mississippi’s Mardi Gras festivities will kick off on Wednesday with Biloxi’s Twelfth Night Celebration. The reigning royal court of Gulf Coast Carnival Association will extinguish the lights at the Biloxi Lighthouse and then parade to the Biloxi City Hall, where the lights there will be illuminated to symbolize the beginning the Carnival season.

Check out our list below of all the Mississippi Coast Mardi Gras parades and festivities. It will be updated as more are announced.

Here’s a list of Mardi Gras parades and festivities by city. This list will updated as more events are announced.

Pascagoula

  • Feb. 26, 2022, 1 p.m. — Jackson County Carnival Parade

Gautier

  • Feb. 19, 2022, 7 p.m. — Gautier Men’s Club Parade

Ocean Springs

  • Feb. 12, 2022, 1 p.m. — Elks Club Parade

  • Feb. 12, 2022, 1:30 p.m. — Krewe Unique Parade

  • Feb. 12, 2022, 6 p.m. — Ocean Springs Carnival Association Masquerade Ball

  • Feb. 25, 2022, 7 p.m. — Ocean Springs Carnival Association Night Parade

D’Iberville

  • Feb. 27, 2022, 1:30 p.m. — North Bay Association Parade

Biloxi

  • Jan. 5, 2022, 5 p.m. — Biloxi’s Twelfth Night Celebration

  • Feb. 19, 2022, 10 a.m. — Children’s Walking Parade

  • Feb. 19, 2022, 7 p.m. — Krewe of Neptune Coronation Ball

  • Feb. 26, 2022, 5:30 p.m. — Krewe of Neptune Night Parade

  • Feb. 26, 2022, 8 p.m. — Krewe of Les Belle Fleurs’ Ball

  • Feb. 28, 2022, 8 p.m. — Gulf Coast Carnival Association Coronation Ball

  • March 1, 2022, 1 p.m. — Gulf Coast Carnival Association Parade

Gulfport

  • Feb. 12, 2022, 10:30 a.m. — Mardi Gras and Mimosas Brunch, Magnolia Hall Clubhouse

  • Feb. 26, 2022, 2 p.m. — Krewe of Gemini Carnival Day Parade

  • Feb. 27, 2022, 1 p.m. — Inaugural Second Street Mardi Gras

  • March 1, 2022, 5:30 p.m. — Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Night Parade

Long Beach

  • Jan. 22, 2022, 6 p.m. — Jeep-A-Gras

  • Feb. 18, 2022 — Carnival Association of Long Beach Coronation Ball

  • Feb. 19, 2022, 6 p.m. — Carnival Association of Long Beach Parade

Pass Christian

  • Feb. 12, 2022, 1 p.m. — Pass Christian Carnival Association Parade

  • Feb. 27, 2022, 12 p.m. — St. Paul Carnival Parade

Diamondhead

  • Feb. 26, 2022, 12 p.m. — Krewe of Diamondhead Parade

Bay St. Louis

  • Jan. 15, 2022, 7 p.m. — Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse’s Pirate Party

  • Feb. 28, 2022, 5 p.m. — Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse Parade

  • March 1, 2022, 1 p.m. — Krewe of Real People Mardi Gras Parade

Picayune

  • Jan. 29, 2022, 6:30 p.m. — Krewe of Pearl “A Return to Elegance” Ball

  • Feb. 5, 2022, 2 p.m. — Krewe of Pearl Parade

Waveland

  • Feb. 20, 2022, 12 p.m. — Krewe of Nereids Parade

Lucedale

  • Jan. 29, 2022, 6 p.m. — Lucedale Carnival Association Night Parade

Want to add a Mardi Gras event, ball or parade to this list? Email Hannah Ruhoff at hruhoff@sunherald.com with the information.

A member of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association court throws beads while parading to the Mardi Gras Museum on Jan. 5, 2015, in celebration of Twelfth Night. The holiday lights were turned off at the Biloxi Lighthouse and then turned on at the Mardi Gras Museum to symbolize the start of Mardi Gras season. This year’s celebration is Friday, Jan. 5, starting at the Biloxi Visitors Center.
A member of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association court throws beads while parading to the Mardi Gras Museum on Jan. 5, 2015, in celebration of Twelfth Night. The holiday lights were turned off at the Biloxi Lighthouse and then turned on at the Mardi Gras Museum to symbolize the start of Mardi Gras season. This year’s celebration is Friday, Jan. 5, starting at the Biloxi Visitors Center. Amanda McCoy Sun Herald file
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALD Float riders throw beads to the crowd along U.S. 90 during the 48th annual Krewe of Nereids Mardi Gras parade on Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Waveland.
AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALD Float riders throw beads to the crowd along U.S. 90 during the 48th annual Krewe of Nereids Mardi Gras parade on Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Waveland. Amanda McCoy Sun Herald File
Krewe of Neptune rolling through the streets of Biloxi on Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Krewe of Neptune rolling through the streets of Biloxi on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Donn Hupp Special to the Sun Herald
The Pretty Boyz and Pretty Girlz dance team walks down U.S. 49 during the Krewe of Gemini parade on Saturday, February 25, 2017.
The Pretty Boyz and Pretty Girlz dance team walks down U.S. 49 during the Krewe of Gemini parade on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Amanda McCoy amccoy@sunherald.com

This story was originally published January 5, 2022 at 5:50 AM.

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